hydrates

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of hydrate.
  hydrate

  noun

  any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO 3 ⋅H 2 O, or H 2 SO 4 , it is strongly held as water of constitution.
• present tense form

  present tense

  Used to describe things happening now or regularly.

  of hydrate (3rd person singular).
  hydrate

  noun

  any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO 3 ⋅H 2 O, or H 2 SO 4 , it is strongly held as water of constitution.

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hydrates

Methanol helps prevent freezing and the accumulation of solid hydrates that can plug gas-compression equipment and limit pipeline flow, and it acts as a solvent and corrosion inhibitor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

The bottom line is water is essential, hydrates us and has countless other health benefits.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2024

The challenge now is making sure everyone hydrates well to recover as quickly as possible.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 29, 2023

Researchers have previously studied how changes in bottom water temperature near continental margins can affect the release of methane from hydrates.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 6, 2023

Of these, which we may regard as his detached efforts, the most important was his investigation of the hydrates and other salts of phosphorus.

From Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions by Josiah Parsons Cooke

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